-er

Norwegian

suffix

Definitions

(added to verbs) person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb
(added to place names) person or thing that originates in the place indicated by the place name
(added to numbers) order, position, value or similar indicated by the numeral

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse -ari (suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs).

Origin

Old Norse

-ari

Gloss

suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-ri Finnish
-ārius Latin
flamme Norwegian Bokmål
flammekaster Norwegian Bokmål
kaste Norwegian Bokmål
ligge Norwegian Bokmål
ute Norwegian Bokmål
uteligger Norwegian Bokmål
*-ārijaz Proto-Germanic
*-ōzô Proto-Germanic
-are Swedish
-ari Old Norse
-ari Icelandic
-ari Faroese